Chapter 6 Part 1 Flashcards
What is the central feature of community policing for many departments?
Problem-oriented policing
The nature of police work can make officers very suspicious of citizens whom they may encounter
True
Do police departments adequately address the issues of stress?
No, though many have stress-prevention programs, group counseling, liability insurance, and family-involvement programs.
What is problem-oriented policing?
An approach to policing in which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens to call the police.
New communications technology within police departments has tended to fragment decision-making
False, it centralizes decision-making
Can the presence of a patrol officer in the community be a major factor in reducing crime?
No, Kansas City
Police rarely perceive the public as hostile. ToF
False
Police officers rarely feel isolated from the public
False
Do all police departments have the equipment to perform DNA analysis?
No
Modern-day police practices use patrol units with two officers. ToF
False
Quantifying police work is relatively easy. ToF
False
Research indicated that women may be subject to more sexual harassment as police officers than their male counterparts. ToF
True
The second aspect of the working personality is?
The need to establish and maintain one’s authority, the first part is the threat of danger
Police officers require only formal training to understand all aspects of the job. ToF
False
ToF To have a good rapport with the community police officers must depend on the confidence they have in their patrol partners.
False
Is the level of education a factor for new police recruits applying to be officers?
Yes
Are half of all police officers minorities?
No
What is preventative patrol?
Making the police presence known, in order to deter crime and to make officers available to respond quickly to calls
Know the components of community policing
The components of community policing are community-based crime prevention, changing the focus of patrol activities to non-emergency services, making the police more accountable to the public, and including residents in decision-making.
What are the important parts of community policing
Community partnerships and problem-solving typically using the SARA model
Know what differential responses are
A policy that prioritizes calls according to whether an immediate or delayed response is warranted. A patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and then determines the appropriate response depending on the importance or urgency of the call.
The changing profile of police officers; female officers have grown since 1970s
True
Know the term incident-driven policing
A reactive approach to policing emphasizing quick response to calls for service
How much money can you make as a US Border Patrol Agent without experience?
$36300 per year
Research was conducted on large police departments and what they found as a key factor in solving crimes.
Identification of suspect/offender
Most police officers are part of what unit within the department
Patrol
What is the process by which members learn from the symbols, beliefs, and values of a group?
Socialization
Steve Herbert found a high sense of morality in the law enforcement subculture. What is not a dilemma that officers must overcome?
The fact that what is right is not always legal
Know the different functions within a police department
Police departments have line functions, those that directly involve the field operations, such as patrol, investigation, traffic control, vice, juvenile crimes, etc. They also have staff functions that supplement the line functions.
Know what each function is
Patrol has three parts: answering calls for help, maintaining a police presence, and probing suspicious circumstances including responding first to a scene and having to interview witnesses. Investigation involves detectives who prepare a case when a suspect is identified and caught right away, tries to locate the suspect, identifies the offender when there is more than one suspect, or starts from scratch analyzing crime scenes and collecting information to find the suspect. Traffic regulates the flow of vehicles, investigates accidents, and enforces traffic laws. Vice is a proactive approach to police work, uses undercover agents and informers and typically targets prostitutes, drug dealers, and gambling. Drug enforcement targets drugs and enforces drug laws. SROs are police assigned for duty in schools to assist in order maintenance while developing good relationships between students and police.
Which department of the police department identifies/collects evidence
investigators
Know what proactive policing is
Acting in anticipation, such as an active search for potential offenders that is initiated by the police without waiting for a crime to be reported. Arrests for victimless crimes are usually proactive.
Know which specialized operational unit enforces laws of prostitution
Vice officers
Know what a background check is
Is a check into a person to determine if they are who they say they are, see if they have a criminal record, their education level, former employment, and other activities they may have engaged in
Know the testing to become a police officer
All officers have to pass a physical fitness test, and a background check that sees if they have a criminal record, depending on the agency they need a high school diploma or some type of college degree, and many agencies are now issuing a mental health evaluation.
Socialization-
The process by which the rules, symbols, and values of a group or subculture are learned by its members
Subculture-
The symbols, beliefs, and values shared by members of a subgroup of the larger society
Working Personality-
A set of emotional and behavioral characteristics developed by a member of an occupational group in response to the work situation and environmental influences
Reactive-
Acting in response, such as police activity in response to notification that a crime has been committed
Proactive-
Acting in anticipation, such as an active search for potential offenders that is initiated by the police without waiting for a crime to be reported. Arrests for victimless crimes are usually proactive.
Incident-driven policing-
A reactive approach to policing emphasizing a quick response to calls for service
Differential response-
A patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and then determines the appropriate response depending on the importance or urgency of the call
Clearance rate-
The percentage rate of crimes known to the police that they believe they have solved through an arrests; a statistic used to measure a police department’s productivity
Line function-
Police components that directly perform field operations and carry out the basic functions of patrol, investigation, traffic, vice, juvenile, and so on
Sworn officers-
Police employees who have taken an oath and been given powers by the state to make arrests and use necessary force, in accordance with their duties
Preventative patrol-
making the police presence known, in order to deter crime and to make officers available to respond quickly to calls
School Resource officers (SROs)-
Police officers assigned for duty in schools to assist in order maintenance while also developing positive relationships with students that may assist in delinquency prevention
Directed patrol-
A proactive form of patrolling that directs resources to known high-crime areas
Aggressive patrol-
A patrol strategy designed to maximize the number of police interventions and observations in the community
“Broken windows” theory-
Influential theory about increases in fear and crime within neighborhoods when there is insufficient police attention to seemingly minor public order offenses such as vandalism, loitering, aggressive panhandling, and prostitution
Problem-oriented policing-
An approach to policing in which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens to call the police
